Improvement in grafflings for anchors



tant @anni u ALFRED S. TRAF'ION AND TIMOTHY J. TRA'FTON, OF PORTSMOUTH,

NEW HAMPSHIRE.

Leners Patent No. 88,346, ma Mami 30, 1869.

IMPROVEMENT IN GRAPPLING-S FOR ANCHORS.

VThe Schedule referred to in these Letters Patent and making part of the same.

To all whom 'it may conce/r11..-

Be it known that we, ALFRED S. IRAFTON and 'TIMOTHY J. TRAFTON, both of Portsmouth, Rockingham county, in the State oi' New Hampshire, have invented an Improved Grapplin g for Fishing Anchors, Anchoring Fishing-Vessels, and for other purposes; and we hereby declare the following to be a full and exact description thereof, reference being had to the accompanying drawings, forming part of this speciiicaf tion. Y

The nature, or essence of our invention consists in the peculiar method employed to secure the hooks, or linkes of the grappling upon the stock, this purpose being effected by forming a shoulder upon the stock, and a projection upon the arms, or dukes, adapted to fit the olset formed by said shoulder, and holding the dukes thereto by a ring, or ferrule, the linkes also passing through holes .in a plate secured upon the end of the stock.

In the following description of our invention, reference will be had to the drawings hereinbefore mentioned Figure 1 being a side view of our improved grappling;

Figure 2, a similar view of the same, without the tlukes and ring, together with a detached fluke, or stook; and

Figure 3, an end view, showing the end plate with holes for the hooks to pass through.

The stock A is provided with a shoulder, I; and a plate, C, having holes G, is riveted, or otherwise secured upon the end ofthe stock.

The hooks F have a projection, H, adaptedl to fit' the oii'set formed-by the shoulder I, .and the dukes, or hooks being first put through th'e holes G, are applied accordingly to the stock,A and the ring,'or fer-rule B, is then slipped down over them, so as to hold them firmly against the stock, the ring being then secured by the key D passing through the stock By this arrangement the dukes are firmly secured upon the stock for use, and can be readily detached for being laid aside, or packed away when not wanted, the construction combining strength, simplicity, convenience, and economy. Y

1. In combination with the stock A' of a grappling, We claim the plate O, secured upon thesame, and pro vided With holes G, for holding and strengthening the dukes, substantially as described.

2. In combination withthe projection H upon ,the dukes, We claim the shoulder I and ring, or ferrule B, for securing "the dukes upon the stock, substantially as set forth.

ALFRED S. TRAFTON. TIMOTHY J. .TRAFTON Witnesses:

' HENRY S. BADGE,

DANIEL MASON. 

